I wonder how any belief system can lead people to do extremes. The below is a snapshot from someone’s Facebook wall (Names/Details hidden so not to violate anyone’s privacy). Although I took this screenshot and wanted to share it with a lighter shade, the events in Boston the past week has reduced the humor in […]
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A father runs a marathon. He is almost at the finish line. His family is there by the finish line…by the sidewalk to cheer him. Because the father deserves it. After all, who else but his family to be there and be his best cheering squad? And then the explosion. His 8 year old son […]
விஜய ஆண்டினை வரவேற்கும் அனைவருக்கும் அன்பான நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள். Yes. Yes. There has been a severe lack of motivation from my end to blog. I feel that is a lot to do with my preoccupation with what I am doing at work. This may have been the first time in the last 5 years, I have used work […]
While I was restlessly moving in my bed last night, unable to get to extended periods of deep sleep for no apparent reason, I realized a basic fact. (Call it a ‘duh’ moment or whatever..) Why is inequality more prevalent in the USA? Why is poverty such a hard thing to eliminate in the most […]
As usual, it all started with an exchange on Facebook. Someone wanted to know if I believed in fate. This got me going. Aren’t human beings the most arrogant living beings on this planet? We seem to think that the entire universe revolves around us – the tiny speck of 7 billion or so who […]
Another year goes by. This one pretty much slapped the doomsday believers on their faces. For the rest of us, there was some good and there WAS some bad. Being in the Indian sub-continent during the last 10-12 days, I have been exposed to the media coverage of the Munirkha gang rape and the tragic […]
The anticipation. The wait. The smell of heated oil. The messy kitchen floor. The smell of sulphur (what we then knew as gun powder). The noise. The cacophony. The craziness. The joy. The smell of new fabric. The last minute rush to the tailors. The restlessness of the household. The smell of ghee and sugar. […]
Interestingly, a few days after I updated the blog with my last post, I read in the news about the case file of Nityananda (from hereon referred simply as “scumbag of a human being” or SOAHB) being reopened. This time it was because of another woman coming out against him and now it is known […]
Dear American Gun proponent aka “Constitution misinterpreter”, Here is a suggestion.. Get more guns into the market. Hundreds. Thousands. No. May be Millions. At the rate of 5:1 (five for every human being living in the country). Get rid off all the pretentious licensing restrictions that do nothing more than provide an opportunity for some […]
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